{"id":19012,"date":"2015-11-22T12:39:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T12:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=19012"},"modified":"2015-11-22T12:39:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T12:39:15","slug":"mlb-sizing-up-the-london-olympic-park-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=19012","title":{"rendered":"MLB sizing up the London Olympic Park for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regular visitors to BaseballGB will already know<\/a> that MLB has been looking at the potential\u00c2\u00a0of bringing some games to London, with talks going on for over a year as to how that may be achieved.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph has now picked up on the story<\/a> as plans to use the Olympic Stadium in London have progressed to a more advanced stage. MLB aren’t formally commenting on the rumours at the moment, but there are positive signs that we may get to see some MLB games in the UK in 2017, which will be a real treat for baseball fans here and across Europe.<\/p>\n

To add one more detail to the story, I noticed a few weeks ago that Murray Cook, who does a variety of work in relation to MLB and baseball grounds-keeping<\/a>, was in London recently.<\/p>\n

One place he visited while here was the 2012 Olympic Stadium, at the time set up to host an England vs New Zealand rugby league fixture.<\/p>\n

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1st rugby league match this week NZ vs England at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic park #rugbyworldcup<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/B3uLba0OwN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Murray Cook (@cookmurray) November 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n